Wednesday 16 April 2008

rubbery

Hello once again,


Not alot to show for all the work that has gone into the bike this week. As you all know the super hero life can be busy at times and i have saved the planet quite a few times this week as well as chase some Iranians about the Countryside.(that did actually happen)


So what have i done so far. Well the casing has been ported and so has the barrel transfers but still have to do the exhaust and inlet ports. The headset has been painted and so have the forks. The frame is away being blasted and powder coated. Now i know what you are thinking "I bet that cost a few quid" and indeed it will. If i were to clean down the frame and paint it, it would be cheaper but would take forever to do and my local powder coater is very cheap.


This brings me onto the subject of paint. I managed to get hold of some paint for nothing. One of my local paint suppliers was throwing out some out of date paint so i had it. It does however mean that the bike will be all the same colour, but not all the same shade. I am not that bothered as it will still look better than alot of them out there.


And now the bad news. I searched and searcheed through the Tightwad cave but could not find and decent tyres, so i had to buy some "50 flippin quid" the robbing b******s. Anyway its done now and even though i feel i have been had it could not be avoided. As you can see from the picture i have only one wheel, but i a sure i have another one somewhere and i will dig it out later.


Lets do....


TightWads Alternative Tuning (T.W.A.T)


Inflate your tyres with Helium. As it is lighter than air it will give a better power to weight ratio.


Tune in next week when I shall be e-mailing everyone on ebay and asking if it is gold plated for that price you s**t bag.

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